# Sora 2 Pro

api.venice.ai deprecated the model Sora 2 Pro without giving a shutdown date yet.

Venice has deprecated the Sora 2 Pro model without announcing a shutdown date. This change affects API requests specifying model Sora 2 Pro. Once decommissioned, calls using this model will fail.

## What to use instead

Use MiniMax H3 Max instead.

- API: api.venice.ai (api.venice.ai)
- Model: Sora 2 Pro
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model Sora 2 Pro`
- Source: [Changelog](https://venice.ai/changelog)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against api.venice.ai's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/api-venice-ai/sora-2-pro/

## api.venice.ai's words

> Sora 2 Pro→replaced by MiniMax H3 Max

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent